(Zaman al-Wasl)- The fate of the Syrian poet Anas al-Abbas is still unknown after 40 days of his abduction in Lebanon’s beirut, according to his friend and journalist Amer Matar. The 37-year-old al-Abbas was kidnapped from a hostel in Ain Mraiseh district in central Beirut...

Apple on Tuesday introduced its first new iPod model in four years, highlighting music and games as it continued to make a priority of serving up digital content. The new-generation iPod touch, essentially an iPhone without the phone calls, was available in more than two dozen countries at...

Europe's most powerful leaders were on collision course over filling Brussels' top job Tuesday as they gathered for a summit in the wake of elections that shook up traditional alliances. The EU's 28 national leaders will begin haggling and horse-trading over who will succeed Jean...

The outlines of a stormy election campaign have begun to take shape in Austria a day after Chancellor Sebastian Kurz became the first post-war leader to be removed by a no-confidence vote. The 32-year-old conservative, who already broke records when he emerged as the world's youngest leader...